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analysis
[uh-nal-uh-sis] 
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analysis
[uh-nal-uh-sis]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination and determination |
| Synonyms: | assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | acid test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical test |
| Synonyms: | analysis, conclusive test, crucial test, decisive test, definitive test, experiment, genuineness, proof, proving ground, substantiation, sure test, test of value, trial, verification |
| Main Entry: | anatomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of animal, plant structure |
| Synonyms: | analysis, biology, cytology, diagnosis, dissection, division, embryology, etiology, examination, genetics, histology, inquiry, investigation, medicine, morphology, physiology, zoology |
| Main Entry: | audit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection of financial records |
| Synonyms: | analysis, balancing, check, checking, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verification, view |
| Main Entry: | breakdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of finances or other business |
| Synonyms: | analysis, categorization, classification, detailed list, diagnosis, dissection, itemization, resolution |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection, examination |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation, poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test |
| Main Entry: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
| Synonyms: | allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| Main Entry: | diagnosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification of problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analysis, conclusion, examination, interpretation, investigation, opinion, pronouncement, scrutiny, summary |
| Notes: | a diagnosis is the process of identifying or determining the nature of a diseased condition or the conclusion reached; a prognosis is a prediction of the probable course of a disease or likely outcome of a problem |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
| Synonyms: | analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification |
| Antonyms: | loss, miss |
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